The rain in SoCal this week has me craving comfort food. I thought I'd dash off an easy shepherd's pie. An internet search informed me that, in order to be labeled "Shepherd's," your meat must be mutton or lamb. Makes sense. When you use beef, it's called "Cottage Pie." Most of the recipes I found for cottage pie call for cheddar on top. It sounded ( Read more... )

When I was at Epcot center, Audrey bought some Pumpkin Soup at Sunshine Seasons in The Land Pavilion, which she shared with me. It was very tasty: sweet and made of autumn. So when I got home, I did a little search for the recipe.

I made a few modifications while I was cooking. And I served it with fresh breadsticks from Trader Joes and a heavy ( Read more... )

Even though it's not even halfway through summer in Los Angeles, I've been feeling the pull of autumn lately. (It's probably all the great fall leaves and halloween pictures on Pinterest!) So tonight, I decided to make this decidedly fall-like soup. I made some changes to the Disney Family Fun recipe including knocking the number of servings from ( Read more... )

I thought this was just okay the first and second days. It really shines as a leftover on days 3 & 4. For the first days, my mouth kept expecting potato, instead of rice. I'd really like to see how it works with brown rice. I feel like the extra chewiness would help.

After it has a chance to sit, everything begins to taste of the rich tomatoes, so ( Read more... )